An Antique Print by Sir David Wilkie, R.A.

Print Title: The Highlander's Return – An original steel engraved print from the oil painting by David Wilkie R.A., engraved by G A Periam

Size: The size of the image is 22.6 x 15.7 cm. Overall print size including the margins is approximately 22 x 30 cm.

Provenance /Publisher: This is a plate taken from ‘The Wilkie Gallery’, published by Virtue & Co., London, c. 1845. (see scan of the frontispiece)

Authenticity: This is a genuine antique print. See also https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/29358

Condition: Very Good. Suitable for framing. Printed on heavy weight paper. 

About the Artist: David Wilkie (1785 – 1841) was the son of the parish minister of Cults in Fife.  David Wilkie was born in Scotland into a poor family, but became one of the great artistic success-stories of the early nineteenth century. He achieved virtually overnight success in London in the 1800s with sentimental, narrative paintings of rural life in his homeland.

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